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All time heavy rainfall events for El Paso

• 6.50 inches July 9, 1881
• 3.32 inches July 21-22, 1880
• 2.75 inches June 30-July 1, 1897
• 2.63 inches July 5-6, 1968
• 2.52 inches September 10-11, 1958
• 2.45 inches August 22, 1906
• 2.44 inches September 21-22, 1974
• 2.40 inches May 17-18, 1992
• 2.31 inches August 25-26, 1884
• 2.30 inches August 8-9, 1984
• 2.21 inches September 20-21, 1982
• 2.15 inches September 21-22, 1941
• 2.07 inches May 20-21, 1895
• 2.07 inches September 18-19, 1883
• 2.07 inches September 28-29, 1932
• 2.06 inches July 16-17, 1914
• 2.01 inches September 11-12, 1975
• 2.00 inches August 29, 1878
• 2.00 inches August 31, 1957
• 1.79 inches September 11-12, 1964
• 1.77 inches October 8-9, 1945
• 1.77 inches August 25-26, 1972
• 1.76 inches July 20-21, 1955
• 1.75 inches July 8, 1960
• 1.74 inches July 17-18, 1899
• 1.73 inches August 4-5, 1893
• 1.70 inches September 4-5, 1962
• 1.70 inches August 23-24, 1954
• 1.67 inches July 14-15, 1973
• 1.66 inches July 4, 1961

Monthly extreme, 8.18 inches in July 1881